VIJAY DEO JHA
Ranchi, Feb 10: The cabinet of the Hemant Soren government on Thursday approved the construction of a four-lane flyover in the state capital worth Rs 337.50 Crores that will ease out traffic snarl. The four-lane flyover elevated will be 2.34 km long and will cover the stretch of Siramtoli Chowk, Rajendra Chowk, and Mecon.
The cabinet passed 63 proposals from different departments and also sanctioned funds worth over Rs 100 Crores to improve road infrastructure namely in the districts like Godda, Gumla and others. Notably, the cabinet approved a budget of Rs 50.77 Crores for the construction of the district collectorate building in Gumla.
The cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Hemant Soren gave permission to the welfare department to sign a tripartite MoU involving the state welfare department, forest, and climate change, and the Indian School of Business.
Senior IAS Vandana Dadel who briefed the media about the cabinet meeting said that the twin department of the government along with this business school will develop a mechanism to provide training to entrepreneurs of the weaker section in processing non-timber products as well as its value addition.
The cabinet increased the dearness allowance of the contractual employees from 113 percent to 196 percent. The cabinet gave post facto sanction for the expenditure of Rs 61 Crores for the construction of farmers’ schools across Jharkhand. In the first phase, as many as 15 schools will be set up to impart education to farmers in the latest farming technologies. These farmers’ schools are proposed under the Birsa Village Development Scheme.
The cabinet sanctioned Rs 1.28 Crore as commission to PDS dealers under Sona Sobran Sari Dhoti Vitran Yojana. Under this scheme, the BPL family gets a sari and dhoti twice a year. Dadel said that said amount has been earmarked as commission to dealers. There are 64 BPL families enrolled under this scheme.
The cabinet set a target of 2023 to ensure that every house of Jharkhand gets an electricity connection.
